Faculty and students use telescopes to observe phenomena and objects such as microvariation of blazars, eclipsing binary stars, planets, nebulae and bright quasars.
Remote observing using the SARA telescopes
From the "Star Trek Bridge" control room, we make observations using telescopes around the world.
As a member of the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy, we work with the 1-m telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, the 0.60-m telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile and the Jacobus Kapteyn 1-m telescope on the Canary Island of La Palma.
Local observing with the 24-inch telescope
Our main telescope is an Astronomical Consultants and Equipment (ACE) 24-inch (0.61-meter) Ritchey-Chretien telescope with focal ratio F6.2.
The telescope in the Stocker AstroScience Center dome is used by students to conduct a variety of optical astronomy projects.
Tigran Abrahamyan
Assistant Teaching Professor; Lab Manager
305-348-2605
abrahamt@fiu.edu
ASTRO 301
Asa Bluck
Assistant Professor
305-348-5093
abluck@fiu.edu
ASTRO 206
Caroline E. Simpson
Professor; Chairperson
305-348-1565
simpsonc@fiu.edu
DM 418
Fiorella Terenzi
Associate Teaching Professor; Advisory Board Member
305-348-1287
fterenzi@fiu.edu
CP 243
Walter Van Hamme
Professor; Dean of the School of Integrated Science and Humanity
305-348-2864
vanhamme@fiu.edu
CASE 450
James Webb
Professor; Director, Stocker AstroScience Center
305-348-3964
webbj@fiu.edu
ASTRO 202